How to Get Website Information Using Command Prompt

Written by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: May 19, 2021 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to find basic information about a website via Command Prompt on a Windows computer. You can see a website's IP address, the route from your network to the website, and the website's DNS information from within Command Prompt.

Steps

1
Open Start
. Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
2
Search for Command Prompt. Type in command prompt to bring up a list of matching results.
3
Click
Command Prompt. It's at the top of the Start menu. Doing so will open the Command Prompt window.
4
Ping the web address you want to check. You can "ping" the nearest website server to see how far away the server is in milliseconds:
- Type in ping website.com where "website" is your website's name.
- Press ↵ Enter.
- Press ↵ Enter again to stop the ping.
5
Trace the website's route. Sending a "traceroute" request to your website will show the route the request takes, documenting any server addresses between you and the website:
- Type in tracert website.com where "website" is the website's name.
- Press ↵ Enter.
- Review the path your request took (sections with asterisks are instances in which the request timed out).
6
Check the DNS information for the website. You can see the website's DNS address, which differs from the IP address, by doing the following:
- Type in nslookup website.com where "website" is the name of the website.
- Press ↵ Enter.
- Review the website's DNS addresses.

Community Q&A

Question

How can I get a website name by using server IP?

Community Answer

Type nslookup followed by a space and the IP address of the server.
Question

How do I get an IP address of a website using CMD of Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]?

Community Answer

You can use the same method shown above. For any version, you should be able to use this method.
Question

Do I need internect connection to perform this?

Community Answer

Yes, you will need an internet connection to obtain Website Information using Command Prompt.
Question

If I type in a command like "ping google.com", it says "ping is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file". How do I find out the IP?

Community Answer

Make sure that you're not using quotes and that you have a space between the ping command and the website.
Question

How do I access WiFi via command prompt?

Community Answer

You can use ipconfig to surf through your ip and other related stuff, just open CMD prompt and type ipconfig (do not share your IP and other info with others).